US 12,272,495 B2
Systems and methods for improved supercapacitors with ionic liquid electrolytes
Saemin Choi, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Abdoulaye Djire, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Levi T. Thompson, Superior Township, MI (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and INMATECH INC., Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/839,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,890, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0321165 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. H01G 11/62 (2013.01); H01G 11/02 (2013.01); H01G 11/30 (2013.01); H01G 11/84 (2013.01)
CPC H01G 11/62 (2013.01) [H01G 11/02 (2013.01); H01G 11/30 (2013.01); H01G 11/84 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supercapacitor comprising:
a first electrode comprising a first active material;
a second electrode comprising a second active material; and
an electrolyte comprising a protic ionic liquid,
wherein the ionic liquid is a salt in a liquid state, and
wherein the first active material comprises a pseudocapacitive material.